Benkó decided to take up fencing after watching Tímea Nagy's Olympic victory at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Her first coach was László Schubert. She earned a silver medal at the 2006 European Junior Championships in Poznań and a team silver medal at the 2008 edition in Amsterdam. She also took a silver medal at the 2009 and 2011 U23 European Championships held respectively in Debrecen and Kazan.
At senior level she reached the semi-finals at the 2008 European Championships in Kiev, but she lost to Russia's Sofiya Velikaya and came away with a bronze medal. She was four-time champion of Hungary from 2009 to 2012. In the 2009–10 season she climbed her first World Cup podium with a silver medal at the Challenge New York after being defeated in the final by Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis. Benkó attempted to qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics, but she lost to Germany's Alexandra Bujdoso in the table of 16 of the Olympic zone qualifying tournament in Bratislava.[1] Upset by this failure, she took a four-month break from competition.[2]
Referencesedit
^"Vívás: Benkó Réka nem szerzett kvótát, négyen lesznek Londonban" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 22 April 2012.
^"Benkó Réka újra fegyverben". Bórs Online. 18 July 2013.
External linksedit
Profile at the European Fencing Confederation
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réka, benkó, native, form, this, personal, name, benkó, réka, this, article, uses, western, name, order, when, mentioning, individuals, born, april, 1989, hungarian, sabre, fencer, bronze, medallist, 2008, european, fencing, championships, 2013, world, fencing. The native form of this personal name is Benko Reka This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Reka Benko born 8 April 1989 is a Hungarian sabre fencer bronze medallist at the 2008 European Fencing Championships Reka BenkoAt the 2013 World Fencing ChampionshipsPersonal informationBorn 1989 04 08 8 April 1989 age 35 SportSportFencingWeaponsabreHandright handedNational coachTamas KovacsClubGodollo EACHead coachJoszef NavarreteFIE rankingcurrent rankingMedal record Women s sabre European Championships 2008 Kiev SabreCareer editBenko decided to take up fencing after watching Timea Nagy s Olympic victory at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Her first coach was Laszlo Schubert She earned a silver medal at the 2006 European Junior Championships in Poznan and a team silver medal at the 2008 edition in Amsterdam She also took a silver medal at the 2009 and 2011 U23 European Championships held respectively in Debrecen and Kazan At senior level she reached the semi finals at the 2008 European Championships in Kiev but she lost to Russia s Sofiya Velikaya and came away with a bronze medal She was four time champion of Hungary from 2009 to 2012 In the 2009 10 season she climbed her first World Cup podium with a silver medal at the Challenge New York after being defeated in the final by Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis Benko attempted to qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics but she lost to Germany s Alexandra Bujdoso in the table of 16 of the Olympic zone qualifying tournament in Bratislava 1 Upset by this failure she took a four month break from competition 2 References edit Vivas Benko Reka nem szerzett kvotat negyen lesznek Londonban in Hungarian Nemzeti Sport 22 April 2012 Benko Reka ujra fegyverben Bors Online 18 July 2013 External links editProfile at the European Fencing Confederation nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to fencing in Hungary is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reka Benko amp oldid 1131781952, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
